I’d like to track hurricanes. All the apps I see collect all kinds of personal data. I just go to NOAA to see the advisories, but wondering if there is something better.

Edit: OS is Android 14 Edit: looking for radar (probably) or some other feature to track hurricanes (I don’t know what tools there are besides radar, but if there’s something else I’m interested).

    • xorollo@leminal.spaceOP
      4·
      6 months ago

      You’re the second to suggest it. Just got it installed, and it looks really sleek. I’m a fan. I like the widgets too.

    • kixik
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      2 months ago

      Not a hurricane tracker, but I’d like understand a bit about open-meteo and breezy weather. I notice for my country there’s no way to be more specific than the whole country, therefore location needs to be enable, or so I guess.

      Does open-meteo requires some information exchange such that it’s easy to identify the user/device? Does breezy weather actually attempts to anonymize the user or fake it to make them non identifiable?

      Just wondering.

      Thanks !

      • GolfNovemberUniform
        3·
        6 months ago

        Sorry but now with the edit I can’t recommend anything because the radars seem to always be very proprietary for some reason. I know some good weather apps. One of them has a feature called “weather emergency notices” or something like that. It can be what you’re looking for but I’m not sure. “Breezy Weather” is the name if you’re curious.

    • xorollo@leminal.spaceOP
      2·
      6 months ago

      No, but it has static information, and it’s not an app. The website isn’t great on mobile either. It’s got good information though, and I don’t have to submit to location tracking.

      • TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        6 months ago

        There’s an open source front end called WX, it’s a little harder to use but it’s easy to adjust too.

        It has multiple different radars that work well in places that don’t have much data

        • xorollo@leminal.spaceOP
          1·
          6 months ago

          This one has a clunky UI, but it has sooo much I formation and like ten billion widget options. I think I’m going to keep it around for curiosity’s purpose and see if it grows on me.

  • ssm@lemmy.sdf.org
    62·
    6 months ago

    OpenWeatherMap seems promising, but their site uses Google analytics, have a lengthy privacy policy I’m not reading all of, and they have a bunch of paid subscription plans, so I’m rather pessimistic.

    • xorollo@leminal.spaceOP
      2·
      6 months ago

      Hmm, the app on google play store says it collects no information and shares no information with third parties. I’m hopeful about this one.

      —actually, looks like a nice general weather app, but doesn’t have hurricane tracking features

    • GolfNovemberUniform
      32·
      6 months ago

      Having Google analytics means it’s the same as a Google owned website. You shouldn’t recommend such services for privacy.

      • ssm@lemmy.sdf.org
        6·
        6 months ago

        What part of “I’m rather pessimistic” and complaining about their privacy policy sounds like a recommendation. It was more intended as a warning.

    • refalo@programming.dev
      22·
      6 months ago

      I don’t understand this obsession with only taking advantage of free labor and giving nothing back. Seems anti-thetical to the entire FOSS movement.

      • ssm@lemmy.sdf.org
        31·
        6 months ago

        Ah yes when I think of the FOSS movement I think of greedy corporations that only care about how much money they get out of their contributor’s labor. FOSS has proven the exact opposite if anything: that economics are built on lies, and that people can and will produce useful projects without any economic gain.

    • xorollo@leminal.spaceOP
      1·
      6 months ago

      This looks really good on my phone in Firefox, and it’s pretty simple to save a bookmark to my homescren. I like it!